Nelson’s chance at win in Florida Senate race dwindles as key counties complete hand recount

[Wingnut]

Unless something unforeseen occurs, Democratic insiders expect Nelson to concede as early as this weekend ahead of the results being certified Tuesday.


 Manuel Roig-Franzia and
Amy Gardner
November 16 at 6:55 PM

LAUDERHILL, Fla. — Sen. Bill Nelson was left with almost no chance of pulling off a comeback to retain his seat Friday after Florida’s two largest counties completed hand recounts that failed to generate the big vote bump the incumbent Democrat needed.

Nelson’s underwhelming performances in the recounts in Miami-Dade County and the Democratic stronghold of Broward County, along with three courtroom setbacks, make it almost impossible for the three-term senator and former astronaut to overcome a deficit of more than 12,000 votes in his reelection bid against Gov. Rick Scott (R). The recounts set the stage for a likely Scott victory that would strengthen Republican control of the U.S. Senate and give the nation’s third-most-populous state two GOP senators.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hand-recount-of-ballots-begins-in-floridas-broward-county/2018/11/16/f9131ee0-e92f-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?utm_term=.6c31b2adc997

[sneakypete]

Who says there is never any good news?

I wonder how the Dim vote stealing program let this one slip through their fingers?

[Frank Cannon]

Senator Nelson looking shocked by this turn of events...



Here he is looking happy last week....

[libertybele]

Senator Nelson looking shocked by this turn of events...



Here he is looking happy last week....

Shocked?  He says dead people!   

[Free Vulcan]

Don't listen to the Republican lies, my campaign will prevail!

[Wingnut]

Nelson is as dead as the guy to the right of him in that picture

[Snarknado]

Who says there is never any good news?

I wonder how the Dim vote stealing program let this one slip through their fingers?

It's been good practice for 2020 though - they now have a good handle on how many more bogus ballots they need to come up with, and can put together some seminars for their operatives on how to rig the results without being so obvious about it...

[sneakypete]

Senator Nelson looking shocked by this turn of events...

@Frank Cannon

How can you tell? To me he looks like they just popped him out of a coffin and propped him up to take photos of the corpse.

[sneakypete]

Don't listen to the Republican lies, my campaign will prevail!

@Free Vulcan

Obviously a close blood relative.

[sneakypete]

It's been good practice for 2020 though - they now have a good handle on how many more bogus ballots they need to come up with, and can put together some seminars for their operatives on how to rig the results without being so obvious about it...

@Snarknado

Since when have they cared about being obvious when the Dims are in charge of Congress?

Remember Sharpton sending buses full of Dim activists from NYC to Florida to register new voters in prison when Goober Gore was running for President?

Did the RNC even bother to complain?

[Snarknado]

In any event, this ridiculous loophole has to be addressed where a county can do a recount and then choose to submit it on time if it favors their candidate, or late if they like the original count better...